United States v. Jesse Cripps, Sr.

MEMORANDUM

Jesse Alvin Cripps, Sr., appeals from the aggregate 114-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for 15 counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 , and two counts of money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957 (a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Cripps contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to consider properly the sentencing factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a) and by failing to explain adequately the reasons for the sentence. We review for plain error, see United States v. Valencia-Barragan, 608 F.3d 1103, 1108 (9th Cir.2010), and we find none. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc) (“[A]dequate explanation in some cases may ... be inferred from the PSR or the record as a whole.”); United States v. Fifield, 432 F.3d 1056, 1063-66 (9th Cir. 2005) (the district court need not specifically articulate reasons for its choice between a concurrent and a consecutive sentence).

Cripps also contends that the district court abused its discretion in imposing a consecutive sentence, and that the aggregate sentence is substantively unreasonable. He…